â€śThe selection of D.A. Heckler this year was very clear,â€ť said Debra Schilling Wolfe, executive director of the Field Center. â€śUnder his leadership, the Sandusky tragedy has become a pivotal opportunity for reform, with Pennsylvania on the cusp of unprecedented change in the laws and policies surrounding child abuse reporting and investigation.â€ť

The Alan Lerner Fellow in Child Welfare Policy will be awarded to a promising Penn Law student who is committed to child advocacy. The recipient will be announced at the luncheon and will spend the academic year as a member of the Field Centerâ€™s team.

A special visit from West Philadelphia elementary school students to Penn Librariesâ€™ Emancipation Proclamation exhibit complements what the students are learning in their classes about the document.
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From Harare, Zimbabwe, Rutendo Chigora is a senior double majoring in international relations and political science, and minoring in English. In December, she was awarded one of the two Rhodes Scholarships available to students from Zimbabwe. She will study at the University of Oxford in Oxford,...